"Death at Canterbury,
February 4th, Mrs. Anthony Clarke. At her house, the Priory, near
St. Augustine's Abbey Gate, Canterbury, aged nearly 75, Mrs. Anthony
Clarke. Mrs. Clarke was the last descendant of one of the most considerable
of the Huguenot or Walloon Refugees, who settled at Canterbury, about
the year 1572. The original name was De Macaire. She was the daughter
of Johnson Macaree, esq. of Canterbury, who died 12 Dec. 1786, aged
62, by Anne Knowler, a grand-daughter of the
Rev. William Elstob, the learned Saxon scholar, brother to
the still more celebrated Saxonist Mrs. Elizabeth Elstob. An interesting
account of this learned family will be found in Nichols's Literary
Ancedotes, IV. 112-140. By the mother's side the Elstobs were descended
from the old kings or princes of Wales; and Mrs. E. Elstob had drawn
a pedigree of her family, which passed with the Earl of Oxford's Collection
into the British Museum (Harl. MSS. No.1397. 241. b.) and a beautifully
illuminated copy, with the necessary additions, was in the possession
of the late Mrs. Clarke.

Mrs. Clarke married the late
Anthony Clarke Esq. formerly of the Stock Exchange who with his lady
retired from the metropolis some years since to her family house at
Canterbury, where he died April 3, 1830, aged 72. He was a benevolent
man, and author of some well-meant religious tracts. Mrs. Clarke's
character might appear to the world to be somewhat eccentric; but
it may safely be said, she was beloved by all her dependents and poor
neighbours, and highly valued, as well as deeply loved, by the few
who knew her intimately. Her house, called Priory, was built on part
of the out-buildings of St. Augustine's Monastery; some interesting
fragments of St. Ethelbert's Tower, which fell down fourteen years
since, were to be seen disposed as mimic ruins in her garden. She
died of gradual decay, her life having been prolonged by all the care
that medical skill and watchful affection could supply. She left her
property and house (which was filled with curiosities) to her faithful
companion Miss James for life, and after her decease to her friend
the Hon. Mrs. Stuart, widow of the late Archbishop of Armagh. By an
arrangement between these ladies, her books, furniture, pictures,
and other curiosities, have been lately sold by auction."The Gentlemen's Magazine 1835 pg 544
545

*I've recently
been made aware that Rev. William Elstob was never married, so Anne
Knowler could not be his granddaughter.

Macaree/Clarke
To the memory of Johnson Macaree Esqr.
Who died 12th Decr. 1786 aged 62 years.
Also Abraham his son
who died an infant 30th June 1756.
Johnson Macaree Esqr. another son
Died 4th March 1798 aged 40 years.
Also Ann widow of the above Johnson Macaree
who died July 28th 1803 aged 80 years.
Also of Anthony Clarke esqr.
who died April 3rd 1830 aged 72 years
and of Matilda Hill relict of the said
Anthony Clarke Esqr. Who died
February 4th 1835 aged 74 years.

Anthony CLARKE of St. Bart
Lane Royal Exchange London Bachelor (30) and Matilda Hill MACAREE
of St. Paul, Canterbury, Spinster (30) at St. Paul's. Jan 23, 1793.
(Marriage Licence)

Anthony CLARKE, Esq., Princess
Street (?) 1807

From a list of subscribers
to Practical Sermons, selected from the MSS. of the Rev. J. Skinner
(edited by C. E. CLARKE) - Anthony CLARKE, Esq., Canterbury 1824

1826/27 Anthony CLARKE, Esq.
Lady Wooton's Green

Was an Anthony CLARKE, son
of John of Bidford, co. Warwick, cler. Magdalen Hall, matric. 18 Oct.
1740, aged 20 (Oxford University Alumni)

Saturday, 8th July 1815

His lordship doth declare,
that the power of selection and apportionment, given by the said testator's
will, cannot now be exercised; and that the residue of the real and
personal estate of the said testator, is held in trust for such persons
as were the next of kin of the said testator, within the statute for
the distribution of intestate's estates, living at the time of his
death; and it appearing by the report of Mr. Steele, one of the masters
of this court, dated the 25th day of July 1814, that the late plaintiff
John COLE, and also Thomas JENKIN, late of the city of Canterbury
now deceased, George KNOWLES, late of the said city of Canterbury
now deceased, and Ann MACAREE, late of the same city of Canterbury,
widow, now deceased, were the second cousins and sole next of kin
of the testator living at his death. His Lordship doth declare, That
the said residue of the said testator's real and personal estates,
belonged to and was divisible amongst the said John COLE, Thomas JENKIN,
George KNOWLER, and Ann MACAREE: And his Lordship doth order and declare,
that the said John COLE, Thomas JENKINS, George KNOWLER, and Ann MACAREE
being dead, such part of the said residue as is real belongs to their
respective heirs, according to the nautre and quality of the several
estates, whether held in fee simple of according to the custom of
gavelkind; and it appearing by the said report of the said Master
Steele, that the plaintiffs John Cole, and John Beard, and Samule
Cole, and John Cole, infants, are the coheirs in gavelkind of the
said plaintiff John COLE; and that Stephen JENKIN, Thomas JENKIN,
John JENKIN, and Charles JENKIN, are the coheirs in gavelkind of the
said Thomas JENKIN, deceased; and that John BAKER, Thomas BAKER, William
BAKER, Charles BAKER, Edward BAKER, Henry BAKER, William BAKER, and
Narborough Filmer BAKER, are the coheirs in gavelkind of the said
George KNOWLER deceased; and that Matilda Hill CLARKE, wife of Anthony
CLARKE, is the sole heir in gavelkind of the said Ann MACAREE, deceased;
His Lordship doth declare, that the lands, tenements and hereditaments
of the said testator, situate in the several parishes of Tenterden,
Horsmonden, Goudhurst, Staplehurst, and Marden, in the county of Kent,
certified by the said Master's repor to be of gavelkin dtenure, belong
to and are divisible amounts the said plaintifs.....His lordship doth
declare, that the two messuages or tenements of the said testator,
situate in Aldersgate street, in the city of London, certified by
the said Mr. Steele in his said report, as having descended to the
said testator as heir at law of his father Charles BOOTH, belong to
and are divisible amongst the said plintiffs John BEARD, and also
amongst the said Stephen JENKIN, John BAKER, and Martha? Hill CLARKE,
as such heirs at law as last aforesaid;.... that the plaintiff William
WALTER was the personal representative of the said Thomas JENKIN,
that William FITCH was the personal representative of the said George
KNOWLER, and that John LADE and Edwin Humphrey SANDYS, were the personal
representatives of the said Ann MACAREE;....etc.